New-York tribune., 1887-04-24
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WITH "JIM THE PENAAG"
WHAT NOVICE SAW AND HEAKD ~ rHH wAY.
The party which last Sunday started for Warrington
to vs thero performance Of the drama which IN win
tar long has been amusns Nsw-York playgoers. was
almost entirely made up Of aotors actresses and jour
nalists. There was an exception and this exception
was genuine novice In all things theato and Journal
istie Naturally. she exceedingly curious and little
Details which to the others matters Of course were
to her something to be noted with interest Much of the
persage she doubtless did not understand for IL
generally technical In Its expression but she made up for
that BY tho freshness Of her observation. Whom the
storyteler Of the company repeated eoand6os latest
joke she dufuy laughed. though like Bah she did not
quito understand IL" II was o good ono too.
60 and-So IL Q well-known manager about whom hosts
Of less but all ben ovdto arc related.
He has had lately HIS hands the latest English comic
opera, and. incidentally spirited discussion with the
English representatives Of composer and author Tho
Other day he went into restaurant in Boston with his
mind full Of this business manager and his soul full
Of hunger As he sat him moodiy down waiter BUSTED
up and wishing to know which Of the two forms Of enter
tanment offered by the establishment the newcomer in
tended to patronize. said nerrogavey: Table dhots
no WIS the sruntsa answer: Doyiy Carte" ~.
distey suggested He was ASKED BY friend g 10 left
wear Fan an SysIsos. @ No. nsvs. wss came tSs PsIs
reply, which msde Of bis Questoner an unconscious
punster.
When she first got into the car tho novice eagerly
scanned the faces Of those who were to be her compan
ions for the next foryeght hours Up to this time she
had only them they appeared before her the
stage the Madison Square Theatre and other stages
and In other plays in which she might have seen them
some Of them Of she recognized at once; the
rather eccentricloohng with tho deeplihed face
and kindly air whom his companions addressed a.
Flociy" could be but Flockton. whose resem-
blance to Henry Irving almost moro than fcru-
Numbers seve whose hardly
than those Of boys and girls no one had greater STOCK
Of youthful high spirits and freshness than this man
whose locks Time has already touched With silver Flock
ton bachelor Of bachelors To his friends few things
elor quarters full Of quaint gathered In every
quarter Of the globe and tc dine on me aei
Fockon the novice in the Of the trip and with
air Of inmltable pride. and can boil potato too;
wants to eat but stop short at washing the dishea"
Among others whom the novice recognized was Of
course Mrs. Booth rather Mrs schoeel as she Is to
her friends she, like Fockon seems to have discovered
the fountain Of eternal youth and looks even younger
than she feels. Massen too. and Ramsey both good
looking young men, we'll as Pitt the Percfrdl OF the
play not far to seek But when she looked round
for the ~gentlemanly detective" sho was at loss.
When she introduced to the clean shavcn strong
featured Nj Holland and told that he was the represent
se tre was 'H sSattered Why she sad thought you
were quito good lookng The compliment to his artistic
sinner might have felt Young saivini too was sur
prise her whe she contrased the OF the
clean young athlete with that OF the benevolent
looking blonde haired German anancier The ladies of
the company she had of course little diculty IN recog.
nZing while she had chance or seeing MT DaVldBe
until Washington was reached for that good but meian
choy old d to the fastness OF the smoking car ana
peacefully slept there throughout the AFTERNOON
Tho novice WAS charmed with the terms upon which
the company seemed meet each other She had heard
much of the familiar which are supposed
to prevail among members OF the dramatic profession
when they are together Nothing Of this sort was ap-
parent They friendly and goodnatured and there
were perhaps greater Of Christian names than is
prevalent In mixed society and not extraordinary use
OF technical slang but otherwise there was nothing 70
distinguish the party from any otnsr @ Ss pssS
10 travelling evident In the complete absence OF any
fuss trouble IN aahns tsy ali made Sg s
comfortable IA circumstances would permit anu KEPT
throughout the trip Their talk was not oppressVe
cerning domestic affairs which usually prevail where
lovely woman Is present
On the Journey novice gathered crumbs OF nforma
on opinion philosophy and anecdoto which entertained
her nightly From kind Mrs schoeel she heard words
OF wisdom that many actor and actress might pront
BY We live too much in ourselves rule said Mrs
schoee and the natural oversensitiveness or the Ar
stic spirit Is fosered thereby Contact with the outside
world and with people OF other professions necessary
for actress whose mind is to DO healthy At
the same time mind you, inmates should be
OF his profession; otherwise II he Is man OF un-
talent he will have incense continually burnt
before him aud the scent thereof healthy for nostrs
MS regular thing" am tired" said Mrs schoefe on
another OCCASION "of hearing tho never-ending COM
plants that English actors are crowdng on the stage
here. As II that were grievous SIN on ,ne,r par. ~
need for them and why should tnere be q monopoly
In art Tho fact is. the growing fashion OF Engshmen
OF education and manners taking up the stage as ser-
profession Is helping us greatly NOT mat penevc
In the nonsense OF eeysng the stage ont & & do .aann
Is time placed plano Win me otuer ata
From H. NJ Pitt the novice extracted the kernel Of
nut OF observation have made study Of the station
lounger In my travels" said Mr. Pitt and have been
struck fact that he always has his hands In his
pocke Now look at the next station We stop Al and see
II right" At Wilmington accordingly. count was
made Out Of twenty nine men on the PLATFORM twenty
seven ha their hands deep their pockets The
other Two had them side pockets OF their Jackets
Mr. Pitt told an amusing story Of we'll known character
| actor He had been member OF stock company FOR
two seasons mad attey not gvcn satisfaction Ihe
manager who In this was manageress, accor9ng
| y sent for him and politely put II In this way am
sorry say you mad better look out for new engage
Mrs Banfl" He thought he carried the theatre on his
back.
Mr. Fiockton let drop words Of wisdom concern
ing that omnipresent subject. tho establishment OF
national subsidized theatre at would never 90 In this
country. In my opinion In the nrst place. uhaer our
present form OF government such thing could never
come into existence consutonaly; and In tho second
place tho OF obbery that would be perpetrated
makes ono shudder to think Of Look at the pictures In
tho Capto when you get Washington and then try to
realize what actors would appear on the stage OF the
| Government theatre"
| Mr. Dayidgos contribution to tho symposium brought
tho poyices patriotism into fighting array. They're
pretty enough said he referring to the lowers whicn
decked tho table in lavish profuson. "but they've no